Integrated Bridge System (IBS) Praxis

The Mega-Guard IBS integrates all bridge equipment and complies with the one man integrated bridge philosophy and has a full redundant lay-out according class rules LRS {IBS NAV1), DNV {NAUT-AW) and BV (SYS). The complete bridge is built-up with identical hardware and software components from the Mega-Guard product line.

Integrated Navigation System

The Mega-Guard Integrated Navigation System is based upon a minimum of three and a maximum of ten Operator Workstations. On each Operator Workstation the following functions are available:

Each Mega-Guard Operator Workstation is equipped with a Marine Personal Computer, a 22'-26' TFT colour display and a Trackball for easy operation. The Operator Workstations are inter-connected via a redundant Ethernet link. The Mega-Guard X and S Band antenna-transceivers are directly connected to the redundant Ethernet link as well. All navigation sensors are wired to the Operator Workstations in a redundant way. The Mega-Guard ARPA X and S band radar are designed to comply with the applicable IMO and Solas rules for seagoing vessels. Two different sizes TFT colour widescreen displays are available a 26' (350mm radar image) and a 22' (300mm radar image). All Mega-Guard radars have as a standard ARPA function including ATA/EPA and AIS display functionality. The ARPA radar supports the chart overlay function (full chart, simple chart or no chart).